Workshop notes – looking at the mechanics of SV

Below is the presentation we used during the Creating Chances4Volunteering workshops held in Guildford and Slough this past summer. We had 33 attendees sign up for the two days representing over 20 volunteer-engaging organisations – many those were fellow members of the chances4change consortium. The workshop was aimed at organisations who either did not have SV in place or who were looking to improve an...

The Shape of Volunteering

Our first workshop for organisations wanting to improve their understanding of supported volunteering is less than a week away so it seems an appropriate time to start laying out the ground work for the discussions we hope to inspire on the day. To ensure that we’re all on the same page as the discussion moves forward we have planned quick series of posts to give a shape to what it means to develop Supported...

Begin at the Beginning

What do the words ’supported volunteering’ (often referred to on this site by the shorthand SV ) mean when used together? To many of you who visit our site this may seem a rhetorical question but our early conversations with other volunteer-engaging organisations have proven otherwise – especially when speaking with those who may rely on volunteers but do not, as yet, have an SV initiative in...